In the name of God Amen, I Henry Lewis of Hygga within the parish of Trellegg in the County of Monmouth, Esqr, being of perfect memory and understanding do make and ordaine this my last will and testament in writeing as followeth (that is to say) First I commend my soule to Almighty God and my body to the earth to be buryed in a private and decent manner. And I desire a dole may be distributed and that the poore of the parish of Trellegg may have a better share in suck distribution. And as for my worldly estate I dispose thereof as followeth. First I give and devise to my wife towards rebuilding and repairing my mansion house called Hugga with all or any out houses and edifices thereto belonging the use and benefitt of so much of any timber now pyled upp and under thatch as shall be expediant and necessary for that purpose dureing her naturall life and afterwards my will is that the person or persons to whome my said mansion house shall from time to time belong or appertaine by vertue of this my last will shall have the use and benefitt of the said pile or parcell of timber or of so much thereof as shall be then left towards building and repairing the said mansion house and the out houses thereto belonging but for no other purpose whatsoever. And in case they or any of them shall sell or any other way dispose of the said timber or any part thereof to other uses then is herein before directed then my will is and I do hereby order that the person or persons so selling or otherwise disposing of the said timber shall forfeit and account for to the poore of the parish of Trellegg who shall nott then receive alms from the said parish the full value of the timber so to be sold or otherwise to be disposed of. And I doe hereby give and devise unto the said poore so qualifyed as aforesaid the whole produce ariseing by such sale or disposall if any shall thereafter be. Also I give and devise all my messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments scituate & lying within the severall parishes or precincts of Killgurrog and Woolvernewton in the County of Monmouth and also all that parcell of land called Caeffunnon? Within the parish of Trellegg aforesaid by me formerly purchased from Andrew Nicholas with their severall and respective appurtenances unto Edward Broughton of the Towne of Kington in the County of Hereford, Gent, and his heyres dureing the life of my wife and no longer freed and absolutely discharged from all debts and encumbrances whatsoever. Also I give and devise all that messuage, tenement farme lands and hereditaments with their appurtenances which I purchased from George Thomas John (except all timder trees thereon groweing) scituate and lying within the parish of Trellegg aforesaid unto the said Edward Broughton and his heires dureing thelife of my cousin Margarett Roberts now living with me att Hygga and from and after her decease I give and devise the said last mentioned messuage lands tenements and premises with their appurtenances unto the said Edward Broughton and his assignes for the term of ninety nine years if my wife so long live. Also I give and devise all that messuage tenement and farme called Lan y Nant with all lands and hereditaments thereunto belonging or there withheld scituate and lying within the severall parishes of Trellegg aforesaid and Lanyshen in the said County of Monmouth unto the said Edward Broughton and his affignes for the terme of ninety and nine years if my said cousin Margarett Roberts shall so long live the said terme to commence immediately after the decease of my said wife. And as for touching and concerning all and singular the said severall messuages and farms lands tenements and premisses afore mentioned with their appurtenances scituate in Killgurrogg and Woolvernewton aforesaid or either of them. Also the said messuage tenement and farme called Kau y llantwith all lands and appurtenances to belonging and the said messuages farme lands and premisses which I purchased from George Thomas John and also my farms lands and tenements called the Lloyn Farme and Tyr y Coyduer together with the way by me reserved over and through the lands late of Henry Probert, junior, Esqr, deceased, for occupying using and enjoying the Lloyne Farme and Tir Coyduor aforesaid. Also my little meadow in the parish of Llanishen aforesaid in the possession of John James and also all that cottage dwelling house and garden now in the possession of George Knowles scituate in the parish of Tintarn in the said County of Monmouth. And also all my estate, right and title of and in all that messuage tenement and lands with their appurtenances which I purchased from John Vaughan and his wife scituate in Tintarn aforesaid being in the whole of the yearly value of fourty pounds or thereabouts I give, devise and bequeath the same and every part and parcell thereof with the appurtenances from and after determination of the severall and respective estates and interests by me thereof respectively made and yett subsisting unto my brother Thomas Lewis of the Towne of Monmouth in the said County of Monmouth, mercer, his heires and assignes forever. Also I give, devise and bequeath unto Robert Hughes of Trostrey in the said County of Monmouth, Esqr, and unto Lewis Harecourt of Dan y Parke in the County of Brecon, Esqr, all that my capitall messuage or mansion house called Hygga with all out houses, barns, buildings, gardens, orchards, lands arrable meadow pasture copices and rough grounds there unto belonging or therewith usually held or enjoyed or replited? or taken as part parcell or member thereif and also all that parcell of land called Caeffynnog with its appurtenances and all other my messuages lands and tenements nott herein devised with their appurtenances scituate and lying wheresoever within the said County of Monmouth (excepting the messuage or dwelling house called the Oshey with its appurtenances with two meadows thereunto adjoining scitute in Trellegg aforesaid together with the revertions and remainders thereof to have and to hold all and singular the said capitall messuage or mansion house and all other the premisses last afore mentioned (except before excepted) with their appurtenances unto the said Robert Hughes and Lewis Harecourt and the survivor of them and the executors and administrators of such survivor from and immediately after the decease of my wife for and dureing and unto the full end and terme of fifty years from thence next ensueing and fully to be compleate and ended and from and after the expiration or other soever determination of the said terme of fifty years and subject to the same I give, devise and bequeath all and singular the said capital messuage and mansion house with its appurtenances and all other the lands, tenements and premisses last above mentioned and hereinbefore devised unto the said Robert Hughes and Lewis Harecourt for the terme of fifty yeares as aforesaid unto my brother John Lewis of Amberley in the County of Monmouth, Gent, for and dureing the full terme of ninety and nine years thence next esaeing? And fully to be compleate and ended if my said brother John Lewis shall so long live butt upon this express condition that my said brother John Lewis shall nott committ any wilfull, wast, spoile or destruction on the said last mentioned premisses or any part thereof and shall nott cutt downe, fell or dispose of any of the timber trees thereon or on any part thereon growing or being unless for repairing or rebuilding the said mansion house or out houses thereto belonging. And from and after determination of the estate hereby devised by me unto my said brother John Lewis for the terme of ninety and nine years determinable as aforesaid I give, devise and bequeath the same capitall messuage or mansion house together with the last mentioned lands, tenements and premisses by me above devised unto my said brother John Lewis for the terme of ninety nine years determinable as aforesaid unto my nephew Andrew Lewis son of my said brother John Lewis for and dureing the terme of his naturall life, butt upon this condition nevertheless and under this restraint that he the said Andrew Lewis shall nott committ or suffer to be committed any manner of wast, spoile or destruction upon the same last mentioned premisses or any part thereof and shall nott cutt downe, fell, sell or otherwise dispose of any of the timber trees growing and being or which shall hereafter grow or be on the said lands and premisses or any part thereof unless for rebuilding or repairing the said mansion house or the out houses thereto belonging, and after determination of the estate hereby by me devised unto my said nephew Andrew Lewis I give, devise and bequeath the same capitall messuage or mansion house lands tenements and premisses so devised to the said Andrew Lewis for life as aforesaid unto Timothy Blethin of Dinham in the County of Monmouth, Esqr, and William Nicholls of Tredannock in the said County of Monmouth, Gent, and their heires dureing the life of my said nephew Andrew Lewis upon trust to preserve and support the contaigent? estates and remainders thereof herein before given and devised and for that purpose from time to time to make entries as occasion shall require, butt nevertheless to the intent to permitt and suffer my said nephew Andrew Lewis and his assignes to take, receive and enjoy the yearly rents issues and profitts of the said last mentioned messuages lands and premisses dureing the terme of his naturall life and from and immediately after the decease of my said nephew Andrew Lewis I give, devise and bequeath all and singular the aforesaid last mentioned messuage lands hereditaments hereditaments and premisses to him devised for life as aforesaid with their appurtences unto such second sonn of the body of the said Andrew Lewis begotten or to be begotten as shall nott by the death of his elder brother become heire to the said Andrew Lewis att the time of his decease and to such heires of the body of such second son so qualified as aforesaid lawfully issueing as shall nott by the decease of their fathers elder brother become heires unto the said Andrew Lewis att the time of his decease and in default of such issue I give, devise and bequeath the same last mentioned messuage lands and premisses with the appurtenances unto the third son of the body of the said Andrew Lewis begotten or to be begotten so qualified as aforesaid and to the heires of the body of such third sonn so qualifyed as aforesaid lawfully issueing and so qualified as aforesaid and in default of such issue then I give and devise the same unto the fourth, fifth, sixth or any other son or sonns of the body of the said Andrew Lewis begotten or to be begotten as shall neither by birth be nor by the death of his or their elder brother second heirs to the said Andrew Lewis att the time of his decease severally and successively and to the heires of the body and bodies of such fourth, fifth, sixth or any other son sonns so qualifyed as aforesaid as shall neither by birth be nor by the death of his or their fathers elder brother become heire unto the said Andrew Lewis att the time of his decease the elder of such sonn and sonns so qualifyed as aforesaid and the heires of his body issueing qualifyed as aforesaid being alwaies to be preferred and take the said estate before the younger of such sonn or sonns so qualifyed as aforesaid and the rightly qualifyed heires of his or their body or bodies issueing and in default of such issue I give and devise the same last mentioned messuage lands and premisses with the appurtenances unto the first son of the body of the said Andrew Lewis begotten or to be begotten and to the heires of the body of such first son lawfully issueing and in default of such issue I give, devise and bequeath the same last mentioned messuages lands tenements and premisses with the appurtenances unto all and every the daughter and daughters of the body of the said Andrew Lewis begotten or to be begotten and to the heires of the body or bodyes of all and every such daughter and daughters lawfully issueing and in default of such issue I give, devise and bequeath the said last mentioned messuage lands tenements and premisses with the appurtenances unto my owne right and next heires forever provided alwaies and it is nevertheless my true intent and meaning and the said terme of fifty yeares by this my will raised and vested? In the said Robert Hughes and Lewis Harecourt is so done upon trust and to the end and intent that they the said Robert Hughes and Lewis Harecourt and the survivor of them and the executors and administrators of such survivor do and shall by and out of the yearly rents issues and profitts of the said premisses so to them given and devised as aforesaid for the said terme of fifty years att all times hereafter save harmless and keep indempnifyed my executors herein after named and either of them and also my wife Mary and her, their and either of their goods, chattells, lands and temements of and from all and all manner of costs, damages and expences which he the or they may sustaine or be putt or adjusted unto for or by reason of any actions or suits att law or in equity already had brought commenced or hereafter to be had brought or commenced by or against me or them for or by reason of my acting as executor of the last will and testament of my uncle Charles Gwillim, Gent, deceased, or for or by reason of any my actings and doeings under the said will or by vertue thereof or for or by reason of any act, matter thing or circumstance whatsoever relating to or depending on the said will or any thing therein contained it being my intent and meaning that no part of my personall estate shall be lyable to any costs and charges which may be occasioned by my executorshipp of the said will, butt if no actions or suites att law or in equity shall be brought or commenced by or against my said executors or my said wife or either or any of them for or by reason of the said last will and testament of the said Charles Gwillim deceased, or for or by reason of any act, matter or thing done by me under the said will or if such actions or suites shall be brought and the person or persons to whome the next and immediate revertion or remainder of the said last mentioned premisses expectant on determination of the said terme of fifty years shall then belong or appertaine by vertue of this my will do and shall beare, pay and drfray att all times the expences of such actions or suites so as my said wife and my said executors may be clearly indempnifyed therefrom and my personall estate may nott be lessened or impaired thereby then the said terme of fifty years hereby devised to the said Robert Hughes and Lewis Harecourt shall cease, determine and be utterly void any thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. Also I give, devise and bequeath all that messuage dwelling house or tenement called the Oshey with the backsides, gardens and appurtenances thereunto belonging and two meadows and the parch or pleck of ground on the north side of one of the said meadows called the lower meadow and now in one with it unto my brothers John Lewis and Thomas Lewis, their heires and assignes forever upon trust and confidance and to the intent and purpose that my said brothers and their heires shall from time to time permitt and suffer any of my poore relations of the towne or parish of Trellegg who shall be in want as they in their discretion shall approve of to inhabite and live in the Oshey house and to have the benefitt and advantage of the backsides and gardens there and of the said two meadows and patch of ground and in case there shall nott be a relation of mine in want of a dwelling house then upon trust to permitt and suffer any honest poore decayed liver of the towne or parish of Trellegg in want of a dwelling house to live and inhabite in the said Oshey house and to have the benefitt of the backsides, gardens and meadows aforesaid and so from time to time forever according as my said brothers and their heires discretion shall thinke proper and upon further trust that when and as often as the said Oshey house and the said meadows shall nott be inhabired or enjoyed by any such poore person as aforesaid my said brothers and their heires shall dispose of the rents and yearly profitts thereof amongst such poore people of the towne or parish of Trellegg receiving no almes from the said towne or parish and in such manner as my said brothers and their heires shall see most fitting providing nevertheless and it is my intent and meaning that if hereafter the messuage dwelling and garden with the appurtenances scituate in the towne of Trellegg which I purchased from Mrs Rebecca Catchmay to me and my heires and wherein Benedict Edmonds did formerly inhabite shall by any defect in my title thereunto be recovered at law from the person or persons to whome the same ought by this my will to belong that then and in such case and from and immediately after such recovery att law I give and devise one of the said last mentioned meadows belonging to the Ostrey being the lower meadow and the small pleck aforesaid adjoining on the north side thereto and now in one with it unto the person or persons from whome the said messuage and dwelling house by me purchased from the said Mrs Catchmayd shall be recovered to be holden for the same estates terms and interests as such person or persons would have held the said messuage or dwelling house purchased from Mrs Catchmayd had the same nott been recovered from them anything herein before contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. Also I give and bequeath my bedd, bedstead, curtains and vallens with the appurtenances in my roome called the New Chamber att Hygga to my wife Mary Lewis, and I will and appoint that all standards lft me by my mother att Hygga aforesaid and all cupboards and shelves fixed to the premisses there shall be as heire loomes and shall forever descend and goe along with the said mansion house to the person or persons who shall by this my will be intitlaled thereunto to. Also I give and devise my fathers Bible unto my said brother John Lewis. And I give all my law books unto my said nephew Andrew Lewis. Also I give unto mybrothers and sisters and to my sister in law a mourning ring a piece. I also give and bequeath unto my executors hereafter named the sume of five pounds a piece if they take upon them the execution of this my will over and above their charges in their execution thereof. And as for all and singular the rest and residue of my goods, chattells, house hold stuffe, ready money, jewells, plate, cattle and other stock quick or dead and all other my personall estate of what kind or nature soever and whersoever and nott herein before by me bequeathed I give, devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my beloved wife, her executors, administrators and assignes forever. And I do constitute and appoint the said Edward Broughton and Godfrey Harecourt of Virwoods Treene in the parish of Tyddenham in the County of Glouc, Gent, to be executors of this my last will and testament revokeing all former wills by me made. And lastly in pursuance of all and every power and authority me enabling in this behalfe I do hereby declare and divert, lymitt and appoint that all and singular my customary or copyhold messuages, lands and tenements scituate and lying within the Lordshippe of Uske and Trellegg or either of them in the said County of Monmouth with their appurtenances shall from and after my decease go, remaine and be to the severall person and persons in such manner and for such estates terms and interests as the same and severally in and by this my last will and testament by me given and devised. In witness whereof of I the said Henry Lewis have to this my last will and testament written on two skinns of parchment to both of which I have subscribed my name --? sett my hand and seale this first day of June in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand seaven hundred thirty and three 1733 Henry Lewis. Subscribed in the presence of E Jones, John Thomas, Evan Morgan. Signed, sealed and delivered by the within named Henry Lewis the testator and by him published and declared to be his last will and testament in the presence and hearing of us who subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in the said testators presence (having first observed the following words [nott herein before devised] to be interlined between the twentyeth and one and twentyeth lines of the first skinn of parchment, and also the words [anything herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding] to be interlined between the eleaventh and twelfth lines of the second skinn. Also the words [to such] are interlined in different parts of the said last mentioned skinn) E Jones; John Thomas; Evan Morgan;

This will was proved att London before the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth, Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted on the seaventh day of September in the yeare of our Lord one thousand seaven hundred and thirty three by Edward Broughton and Godfrey Harecourt the executors named in the said will to whome was granted administration of all and singular the goods, chattells and creditts of the said deceased, they being first sworne by commission duely to administer the same

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